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During this period of time, the abolition of slavery and how it played an important roll in the ideas and practices of the Atlantic revolutions. Haitian people were the only ones during this time who made any strides toward political equality. The feminist movement was a big part of this time period. In the documents the French Revolution and the "rights of man" were viewed as the philosophical core of the French Revolution. There was similarities between this and the US Declaration of Independence. They also had the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen of 1789 had 14 rules that they were trying to abide by. Fredrick Douglas was the most important person during this time as he lead the abolitionist movement. He was a writer who escaped slavery and became a spokes person for African Americans. The last document focused on the rights of woman and Elizabeth Stanton. She is the reason woman today have the right to vote and she made this happen in the 1920s by being the...

In this part of the book Strayer mentions a new kind of human society and a movement which changed the course of our society all together. I found it easy to read the way Strayer described a movement of good human behavior and improvements of social equality. Most interesting, was how even though this period in time took place so long ago, it is still a conflict we deal with in our society today. We still battle with encouraging good human behavior after all of this time. Chapter 16 compared Atlantic Revolutions. The north American revolution, the french revolution, Haitian revolution and Spanish American revolutions. The north American revolution was an effort for British government to control colonies and gain money from them. It was revolutionary due to the societies that emerged within these new colonies. The french revolution brought about violence and raised the question of female political equality more explicitly than the American Revolution and differed in the way its inf...